Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make breathing difficult. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common conditions that make up COPD. Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes‚ which carry air to and from your lungs. Emphysema occurs when the air sacs at the end of the smallest air passages in the lungs are gradually destroyed. Damage to your lungs from COPD can’t be reversed‚ but
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Civil War Medicine By: Julia Ljubicich 8-1 Medicine played a very important role in the civil war. Though‚ some people believe the field hospitals were able to keep themselves clean‚ this was not always the case. In reality‚ the hospitals could have been as dangerous to the soldiers as the front lines. For a Civil War soldier‚ the field hospital could have been worse‚ to them‚ than the battle itself. The temporary hospitals were quickly set up near battlefields and doctors usually
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Well researched client history: Diagnoses defined: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) – Orthopnea – Acute Coronay Syndrome – Diabetes – Hypertension – Acute anxiety – Chronic depression – Past and present health status: Present: Chronically ill (see diagnoses above) Past: COPD‚ peripheral vascular disease (no surgery due to medical condition)‚ acute coronary syndrome (Jul ’08)‚ previous rt carotid endarterectomy‚ CVA‚ hypertension for many years‚ and type II diabetes for more than
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Shay Ward Purdue University Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that encompasses a group of lung conditions that causes structural changes of the airways and alveoli‚ the dysfunction of cilia and an inflammatory response. It is a progressive disease that symptoms worsen over time and is characterized by an accelerated decline in lung function. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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How the Environment Plays a Role in Learning Learning is an important skill that is essential for everyone to succeed in life which includes school‚ work and our community. Learning allows people to obtain basic knowledge‚ develop skills and new experiences. Whether the environment that we are in is stressful‚ combative or stress free‚ everything in it is important to the ability and capacity for which learning takes place. How does the environment play a role in the way people learn? Many
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Every thirty minutes‚ a child is born who will be affected by mitochondrial diseases‚ a progressive wide-ranging group of disorders that arise due to mutations of nuclear or mitochondrial DNA‚ typically affecting the brain‚ muscles‚ nerves‚ the liver‚ the kidney and the heart. Often called the powerhouse of the cell‚ the mitochondria produce 90% of the energy that the body needs to function. The mitochondria’s main responsibility is to convert food and oxygen into life- sustaining energy in the form
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An acute illness versus a chronic illness has always been a definition I could easily define. Acute illnesses are sudden and often severe‚ for example an asthma attack or a broken bone. Chronic illnesses are prolonged and develop over time‚ such as asthma or osteoporosis. A chronic condition can develop into acute conditions as well; a child who has asthma could come into the ER with an exacerbation of their chronic condition‚ which is now an acute condition‚ an asthma attack. The way acute and chronic
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How the Environment Plays A Role In Learning Learning is an important skill that is essential for everyone to succeed in life which includes school‚ work and our community. By being able to learn we are able to obtain basic knowledge‚ develop skills and abilities. Whether the environment that we are in is stressful‚ combative or stress free; the tiniest thing in our environment is important to how we are able to learn. The environment that we are in as children and adults can affect our learning
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variety (Horn‚ 2011). His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land holdings tobacco to take root‚ grow‚ and gather markets. The production of this valuable commodity played a major role in the formation of the transatlantic slave trade‚ a trading market that capitalized on slave labor and exploitation. The cash crop
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Chronic Disease Rick Assessment When I did the assessment for chronic diseases I chose to do one for Diabetes because I am considered obese with a BMI of 39.9 so with this certain risk factor of obesity I run the risk of developing diabetes‚ the assessment states “Compared to a typical woman my age‚ my risk of developing diabetes is ABOVE AVERAGE” that is very scary because I know that diabetes can be dangerous and cause many other health problems‚ also it runs in my family‚ my father developed
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